> > I agree with Tyler. Beanies are a created collectable. They boom and bust. Two years from now they'll all be in boxes and drawers next to the Avon bottles. I dabble in antiques and collectables and I can tell you that you can't give away an Avon bottle, or a Cabbage Patch Kid.
> > On the other hand Cushman Motor Scooters are not created collectables. They were designed for a practical purpose. (cheap transportation) They will always have collector value, but even at that their value will drop some when all of the people who had one when they were young die out. The same is true for old cars. If you want a collectable that won't go down in value, sell those beanies and buy good antique furniture.
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> I'm not saying beanies won't go down in value. Heck, they *are* going down in value, like a rock. Beanie collectors will soon cease to exist. But there *are* the more generic "toy collectors" who will remain interested in the more rare beanie babies, which are the ones that were discontinued before the rage caught on and Ty started elevating the "collectable" status of the beanie babies via artificial means. They're very different from Cabbage Patch Kids, for example, in that regard. But obviously beanie babies are not what you should be collecting if all you want is something that will appreciate in value over time, because they won't. My only claim is that toy collectors will retain some level of interest.

And there are plenty of toy collectors out there.
I have a booth in an antique mall and I sell plenty of metal toys; trucks, cars, wagons, cap pistols, tricycles, and when I can find them, pedal cars and tractors. Dolls are good, too. We are a nation of collectors.
Howard